# Create contact

1. **Select Salesforce** as your target app. Pick the connection you want to use, or create a new one, and click “Continue.”

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2. **Choose “Create contact”** as your action and click the red gear to display the action’s data template.

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3. **Fill in the data template**, linking source and target fields. You must fill in the required fields, but you may skip the optional ones. Click “Map” when you’re done.

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If you don’t want to go through each field, you may use the search bar at the top. You can also filter required and optional fields.
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4. **Verify your target is active** in the upper-right corner. Click “Add a target” or “Save” to add another app or save your Gear.

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Make sure you turn on your Gear on the “Gears” menu before leaving GearPlug!
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